The Piper 400 medley relay team finished off the night with an eighth place finish in 4:15.04. The team consisted of Sam Fisher (Sr., South St. Paul, Minn.), Bailey, Punyko, and Tiffany Thanel (Fy., Moorhead, Minn.).

Earlier in the day, during the preliminary sessions, Punyko's swim of 2:11.53 moved her from sixth to second on the all-time list. The current school record of 2:11.46 was set in 1980 by Carrie Hefte.

Bailey swam a 25.04 50-freestyle race in the preliminaries, qualifying for the "B" finals tonight.

Thanel swam to the finish in the 50 free in 26.27, finishing 32nd in the morning heats, while Erinn Moriarity's (Sr., Cottage Grove, Minn.) 26.62 was 36th overall.

The conference championship meet will continue tomorrow, Friday, February 19. The morning session begins at 10:30 a.m. while the evening finals session will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Minnesota.